NME — Semi-official Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano has run an article forgiving the late Beatle John Lennon for a controversial statement he made in 1966, when he claimed that his band were "more popular than Jesus". more info

NME — Semi-official Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano has run an article forgiving the late Beatle John Lennon for a controversial statement he made in 1966, when he claimed that his band were "more popular than Jesus". more info

New York Times — The Vatican’s newspaper has forgiven John Lennon for a 1966 comment that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ. more info

Sky News — The Vatican's newspaper has finally forgiven John Lennon for declaring that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ. more info

Reuters — VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican's newspaper has finally forgiven John Lennon for declaring that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, calling the remark a "boast" by a young man grappling with sudden fame. more info

The Independent — More than 40 years after John Lennon angered most of the known Christian world with his declaration that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, he has finally been forgiven. A lengthy editorial in the Vatican's daily newspaper, Osservatore R... more info

Scotsman.com — Vatican media are praising the Beatles' musical legacy and sounding philosophical about John Lennon's boast that the band was more popular than Jesus. more info

BBC News - UK — A Vatican newspaper has forgiven the late former Beatle, John Lennon, for saying the band were more popular than Jesus more info

Wired - Listening Post — Better late than never, I suppose, especially if you're a religious person who loves The Beatles. But it happened at last: On Saturday, the Vatican's official newspaper L'Osservatore Romano finally rethought John Lennon's infamous 1966 claim that his... more info

Reuters — VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican's newspaper has finally forgiven John Lennon for declaring that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, calling the remark a "boast" by a young man grappling with sudden fame. more info